About the Author

Tarry Singh, an Oracle OCP, has been a Sr. DBA and has worked with Oracle technologies starting from Oracle database version 7.3 through 11g. An industry veteran, whose career spans several industries such as Oil & Gas sector, Maritime, and currently IT. He has worked for several Fortune 500 companies. He is currently working for a large French multi-national SI vendor, Atos Origin, as a Strategic Business Executive. Tarry spends his time talking to customers and offering cost-effective solutions. He also monitors the emerging trends and is a renowned industry veteran when it comes to Virtualization and Cloud Computing.

Tarry is also involved in several NGO projects across the world, the latest being a €2 million technology project in Uganda which he leads as a Chief Technology Consultant together with Hanze University in The Netherlands. Tarry has also co-authored a research paper for IEEE called "Smart Metering the Clouds" where he discusses the vision of developing a consolidated metering solution from a utility perspective. This was published in June where he co-chaired the IEEE workshop and is being read by millions across the world.

Tarry holds a Nautical Science graduate degree from India's LBS of Advanced Research and Studies in Mumbai and holds many IT and non-IT related certifications such as GMDSS, Firefighter, and so on. Having worked with more than 40 nationalities and having worked across the globe, Tarry has been able to develop deep multi-cultural skills and has handled virtual teams with great passion and tremendous control.

Tarry is a Dutch citizen based in the Netherlands. In his free time, Tarry conducts market research and analysis with tremendous zest and is very well connected with the investor community across the globe. Tarry has advised several firms in executing their strategy and has helped them in M&A, product development, and other areas. He also runs his popular Cloud Computing blog called "Sustainable Global Clouds" at http://ideationcloud.com and writes passionately about Mergers and Acquisitions, Business Strategies, Emerging Trends around Sustainable, and Environmental-friendly technologies. Tarry has spoken at many large international events and has been quoted by The Economist and several other leading magazines.